Vocabulary: Books and films

Vocabulary: Books and films

Spotlight on First - Unit 5: Books and films

serial (noun)

A serial is one story divided into a number of episodes. The last episode completes the story.

series (noun)

A series is a set of related stories, usually based around the same main characters, and which can continue over many seasons.

playwright (noun)

A playwright is a person who writes plays.

novelist (noun)

A novelist is a person who writes novels.

episode (noun)

An episode is one part of a serial.

chapter (noun)

A chapter is one of the parts that a book is divided into.

a classic (noun)

A classic is a piece of writing of high quality which has become a standard against which other works are judged.

mythology (noun)

Mythology refers to the well-known stories made up in the past to explain natural events or to justify religious beliefs or social customs.

heroine (noun)

The heroine is a female hero (main character with good qualities).

villain (noun)

The villain is the main bad character.

characters (noun)

The characters are the people in a book or film.

plot (noun)

The plot is the storyline.

script (noun)

The script is the version of the novel that has been adapted for TV, radio or film.

novel (noun)

A novel is a book containing a long story about imaginary characters.

scene (noun)

A scene in a novel, film or play is the part of it in which a series of events happen in the same place.

scenery (noun)

The scenery is the land, water or plants that you can see around you.

location (noun)

The location is the place where something is filmed.

set (verb)

If something is set somewhere, the events take place there.

narrator (noun)

The narrator is the person whose voice tells the story.

fiction (noun)

Fiction is stories about imaginary people or events.

Multiple Choice

Shakespeare is England's most famous _______ and poet. His plays are performed all around the world.

• novelist

• narrator

• playwright

• villain

Multiple Choice

The Brontë sisters, who wrote the books Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights are probably England's best known _______.

• playwrights

• characters

• novelists

• novels

Multiple Choice

When the BBC made a serial of War and Peace, it was divided into eight one-hour _________.

• chapters

• scenes

• scripts

• episodes

Fill in the Blanks

Vanity Fair is considered a classic work of English literature, but like many books at that time it was serialised for magazines. Writers had to produce several

each week.

Multiple Select

In addition to the hero and _____ there are lots of minor ______ who make an appearance.

• narrator

• heroine

• characters

• villain

Fill in the Blanks

This book has got one of the most complicated

I've ever come across. It's hard to work out who is who and what's happening!

Fill in the Blanks

The story was clever but the

was poor - some of the dialogues were terrible.

Multiple Choice

The most moving _____ in the film is when Esther meets her mother for the first time.

• part

• scene

• chapter

• location

Multiple Select

The film was shot on ______ in Kenya; the __________ is absolutely amazing.

• set

• location

• place

• scenery

• scene

Multiple Choice

I don't like the version of Romeo and Juliet that was _____ in Miami.

• set

• located

• scene

• scenery

Fill in the Blanks

In the legend of Robin Hood, the

, or 'bad guy' is the Sheriff of Nottingham.